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Ahead of the 75th Tony Awards, which will be held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, The Hollywood Reporter gathered five of this Broadway season’s acting nominees for a conversation about the challenges and rewards of working on Broadway, generally, and specifically this season, in the middle of a global pandemic.
Two already have Tonys to their name: Australian Hugh Jackman, a best actor in a musical nominee for The Music Man, in which he plays a conman who brings trouble to small-town Iowa (the Hollywood A-lister, who played Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise, previously won for the musical The Boy from Oz in 2004 and received a special Tony in 2012); and American Mary-Louise Parker, a best actress in a play nominee for How I Learned to Drive, in which she plays a woman recounting childhood molestation at the hands of...
Ahead of the 75th Tony Awards, which will be held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, The Hollywood Reporter gathered five of this Broadway season’s acting nominees for a conversation about the challenges and rewards of working on Broadway, generally, and specifically this season, in the middle of a global pandemic.
Two already have Tonys to their name: Australian Hugh Jackman, a best actor in a musical nominee for The Music Man, in which he plays a conman who brings trouble to small-town Iowa (the Hollywood A-lister, who played Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise, previously won for the musical The Boy from Oz in 2004 and received a special Tony in 2012); and American Mary-Louise Parker, a best actress in a play nominee for How I Learned to Drive, in which she plays a woman recounting childhood molestation at the hands of...
- 6/8/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Thank you for this work that’s just so magic and so worth it,” expressed Mary-Louise Parker when she accepted the Tony Award from presenter Gwyneth Paltrow in 2001 for her unforgettable performance in “Proof.” This year, Parker competes for the same prize for starring in the first Broadway production of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive” and could take home the third trophy of her career for it. Below, see a list of all five of Mary-Louise Parker’s Tony nominations and two wins.
See Mary-Louise Parker (‘How I Learned to Drive’) poised to make Tony Awards history
Parker originated the role of Li’l Bit in the original Off-Broadway production of “How I Learned to Drive” 25 years ago. This Broadway revival reunited her with costars David Morse and Johanna Day as well as director Mark Brokaw. The drama is a haunting memory play that...
See Mary-Louise Parker (‘How I Learned to Drive’) poised to make Tony Awards history
Parker originated the role of Li’l Bit in the original Off-Broadway production of “How I Learned to Drive” 25 years ago. This Broadway revival reunited her with costars David Morse and Johanna Day as well as director Mark Brokaw. The drama is a haunting memory play that...
- 6/7/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The 2022 Tony Award nominations have been unveiled and, per usual, we have opinions! Susan Haskins joined us in a lively discussion to dissect this crop of nominees. We reveal what we think were the cruelest snubs, most pleasant surprises, and analyze how this set of nominees may change the Tony race as we head towards the June 12th ceremony. Watch the full video above.
While our panel was happy overall with how much the Tony nominators were able to spread the wealth this year, not every production made the cut. Sam noted that “all the plays were standouts this year,” but five stellar new works were totally skunked: “Birthday Candles,” “Chicken & Biscuits,” “Is This a Room,” “Pass Over,” and “Thoughts of a Colored Man.” There’s not enough slots for everyone, but when we saw so many categories expand due to ties in voting (“how many ties can you have?...
While our panel was happy overall with how much the Tony nominators were able to spread the wealth this year, not every production made the cut. Sam noted that “all the plays were standouts this year,” but five stellar new works were totally skunked: “Birthday Candles,” “Chicken & Biscuits,” “Is This a Room,” “Pass Over,” and “Thoughts of a Colored Man.” There’s not enough slots for everyone, but when we saw so many categories expand due to ties in voting (“how many ties can you have?...
- 5/16/2022
- by Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Fresh off of her second Tony Award victory last year for “The Sound Inside,” Mary-Louise Parker has earned a follow-up nomination in the same category for her work in the revival of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “How I Learned to Drive.” Parker returned to the haunting piece 25 years after she originated the role Off-Broadway, reuniting with costars David Morse – who also reaped a bid – and Johanna Day, plus director Mark Brokaw.
This nomination not only celebrates her exemplary performance, but also moves Parker into an extremely exclusive list of performers who have earned at least five nominations in the Best Play Actress category. Her first bid dates back to 1990, when she contended for “Prelude to a Kiss.” Over a decade later, Parker earned her second nomination for “Proof” and went on to win the prize. In the following two decades, she earned another nom for “Reckless” in 2005 and last year for “The Sound Inside,...
This nomination not only celebrates her exemplary performance, but also moves Parker into an extremely exclusive list of performers who have earned at least five nominations in the Best Play Actress category. Her first bid dates back to 1990, when she contended for “Prelude to a Kiss.” Over a decade later, Parker earned her second nomination for “Proof” and went on to win the prize. In the following two decades, she earned another nom for “Reckless” in 2005 and last year for “The Sound Inside,...
- 5/10/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
With 34 productions eligible for this year’s Tony Awards, there were plenty of names missing when nominations were announced on Monday morning. Among the most surprising 2022 Tony Awards nominations snubs was Katrina Lenk, who plays Bobbie in Marianne Elliott’s reimagining of the late Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” The production merited nine nominations, including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, Best Featured Actor (Matt Doyle), and Best Featured Actress. Lenk previously won a Tony Award for her performance in Best Musical-winner “The Band’s Visit.”
See the complete list of 2022 Tony Awards nominees
Original musical “Flying Over Sunset” also underperformed. Even though the shuttered production scored four nominations, including Best Actress (Carmen Cusack) and Best Score, it missed out on the top category of Best Musical and Best Book for librettist James Lapine.
The star-studded revival of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” also missed out on a number of key nominations. Director Sam Gold...
See the complete list of 2022 Tony Awards nominees
Original musical “Flying Over Sunset” also underperformed. Even though the shuttered production scored four nominations, including Best Actress (Carmen Cusack) and Best Score, it missed out on the top category of Best Musical and Best Book for librettist James Lapine.
The star-studded revival of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” also missed out on a number of key nominations. Director Sam Gold...
- 5/9/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
‘for colored girls’ reviews celebrate ‘riveting’ Broadway revival and ‘resplendent’ Kenita R. Miller
Forty-six years after the original production of Ntozake Shange’s legendary choreopoem “for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf,” a sterling revival has returned to Broadway in the very same house where the original ran for nearly two years. Shange’s classic work consists of poems performed by seven different Black women – identified as different colors of the rainbow – that chronicle their joys, triumphs, and struggles. This mounting features the work of Tony-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown, who also directs. The revival opened on April 20 at the Booth Theatre.
The ensemble cast stars Amara Granderson, Tendayi Kuumba, Kenita R. Miller, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Sargeant, Alexandria Wailes, and D. Woods, the majority of whom are making their Broadway debuts. The late Shange’s voice also opens the play, in a short address to a young Black girl that invites the audience to imagine with them the...
The ensemble cast stars Amara Granderson, Tendayi Kuumba, Kenita R. Miller, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Sargeant, Alexandria Wailes, and D. Woods, the majority of whom are making their Broadway debuts. The late Shange’s voice also opens the play, in a short address to a young Black girl that invites the audience to imagine with them the...
- 4/26/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The 2022 Outer Critics Circle nominations were announced Tuesday. They honor the best of the 2021-2022 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. “The Lehman Trilogy” scored the most nominations with nine bids, followed closely by the Off-Broadway musicals “Harmony” and “Kimberly Akimbo,” which scored eight nominations apiece.
Special Achievement Awards will be presented to “How I Learned to Drive” stars Johanna Day, David Morse and Mary-Louise Parker, as well as “Lackawanna Blues” star Ruben Santiago-Hudson, to mark their outstanding returns to roles they originated two decades ago. Since these actors were eligible for the original runs of these shows, the Outer Critics Circle has opted to take them out of contention for this year’s awards.
SEE2022 Drama League Awards nominations unveiled; 43 performers contend for distinguished performance award
There are many additional Tony Awards hopefuls who were not eligible for this group’s nominations. The Outer Critics Circle announced that they would only...
Special Achievement Awards will be presented to “How I Learned to Drive” stars Johanna Day, David Morse and Mary-Louise Parker, as well as “Lackawanna Blues” star Ruben Santiago-Hudson, to mark their outstanding returns to roles they originated two decades ago. Since these actors were eligible for the original runs of these shows, the Outer Critics Circle has opted to take them out of contention for this year’s awards.
SEE2022 Drama League Awards nominations unveiled; 43 performers contend for distinguished performance award
There are many additional Tony Awards hopefuls who were not eligible for this group’s nominations. The Outer Critics Circle announced that they would only...
- 4/26/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“I can feel who I am now, bringing stuff to this that wasn’t there before,” reveals “How I Learned to Drive” star David Morse. The actor is stepping back into the shoes of Uncle Peck in the Broadway production of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama 25 years after originating the role Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in 1997. He is joined by fellow original cast members Mary-Louise Parker and Johanna Day in this Manhattan Theatre Club revival, and the actors have had plenty of time to reflect on the ways in which their 25 years of life experiences have “enriched” this production. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Morse says that the question “why now?” was an important one that hung in the air when starting work on this production. Vogel and Parker had attempted to bring the play to Broadway for many years, but scheduling and theater availability became perpetual obstacles.
Morse says that the question “why now?” was an important one that hung in the air when starting work on this production. Vogel and Parker had attempted to bring the play to Broadway for many years, but scheduling and theater availability became perpetual obstacles.
- 4/21/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Twenty five years after the Off-Broadway debut of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive,” the contemporary American classic has at long last made its bow on Broadway. Fittingly for a memory play, the stars of that first production have returned to their roles: Mary-Louise Parker as Li’l Bit, who recalls her relationship with her predatory Uncle Peck – played by David Morse – who gave her driving lessons. The original director Mark Brokaw once again leads the production, which opened at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Friedman Theatre on April 19 for a limited run.
This long-awaited mounting of “How I Learned to Drive” earned rapturous reviews from critics. Maya Phillips (New York Times) calls the production “unforgettable” and labels it a Critic’s Pick. She credits playwright Vogel, who’s “script creates its own piercing language for assault,” and notes how despite the heaviness of the subject,...
This long-awaited mounting of “How I Learned to Drive” earned rapturous reviews from critics. Maya Phillips (New York Times) calls the production “unforgettable” and labels it a Critic’s Pick. She credits playwright Vogel, who’s “script creates its own piercing language for assault,” and notes how despite the heaviness of the subject,...
- 4/20/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
In the 25 years since Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse first performed Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned To Drive, the name for the disturbing process that we witness being depicted on stage has long since entered widespread usage. If audiences can now readily label what happens as “grooming,” Vogel’s emotionally complex masterwork remains as unsettling, disarmingly funny and as deeply moving as ever.
Parker and Morse, so beautifully playing the roles they originated all those years ago under the same director, Mark Brokaw, fill the larger Broadway stage – the 1997 production was produced Off Broadway – with performances not so much expanded but deepened by time. Parker’s character, in particular, is intensified by the years, as if the burden of her childhood victimization has only grown heavier in middle age, her desire to understand it unabated.
How I Learned To Drive, opening tonight in a first-rate Manhattan Theatre Club...
Parker and Morse, so beautifully playing the roles they originated all those years ago under the same director, Mark Brokaw, fill the larger Broadway stage – the 1997 production was produced Off Broadway – with performances not so much expanded but deepened by time. Parker’s character, in particular, is intensified by the years, as if the burden of her childhood victimization has only grown heavier in middle age, her desire to understand it unabated.
How I Learned To Drive, opening tonight in a first-rate Manhattan Theatre Club...
- 4/20/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Two decades ago Mary-Louise Parker won her first Tony Award for her enthralling performance in David Auburn’s “Proof.” Five Broadway appearances later, Parker is on the cusp of winning the second Tony of her career for her searing turn in Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside,” according to our exclusive Tony Awards predictions. “The Sound Inside” has six nominations, including Best Play.
Parker earned the best reviews of her stage career for “The Sound Inside,” topping even the rapturous notices she received for “Proof.” Back then, John Simon (New York Magazine) called Parker’s work in “Proof” “a performance of genius.” In his rave review of “The Sound Inside,” Jesse Green (New York Times) wrote, “Parker, never better in her 30-year stage career, has dug even deeper into Bella, treating each line as if it were an archaeological site; she builds her performance on artifacts, not theories.” Vinson Cunningham...
Parker earned the best reviews of her stage career for “The Sound Inside,” topping even the rapturous notices she received for “Proof.” Back then, John Simon (New York Magazine) called Parker’s work in “Proof” “a performance of genius.” In his rave review of “The Sound Inside,” Jesse Green (New York Times) wrote, “Parker, never better in her 30-year stage career, has dug even deeper into Bella, treating each line as if it were an archaeological site; she builds her performance on artifacts, not theories.” Vinson Cunningham...
- 9/25/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
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- 8/10/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Broadway premieres of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues and Paula Vogel’s How I Learned To Drive have been set for 2022 and 2021, respectively, with producers at the Manhattan Theatre Club expressing “hopes high that we will be able to return to live theatre.”
The nonprofit Mtc announced the target openings today, along with plans to present an Off Broadway production of Simon Stephens’ Morning Sun starring Edie Falco and the American premiere of Anchuli Felicia King’s Golden Shield.
Mtc artistic director Lynne Meadow said, “With hopes high that we will be able to return to live theatre, we have created a season of diverse and exciting Broadway and Off Broadway premieres and we are honored to be working with the very best of New York’s brilliant artistic community.”
Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues, to be performed and directed by the playwright with original music by Bill Sims Jr.,...
The nonprofit Mtc announced the target openings today, along with plans to present an Off Broadway production of Simon Stephens’ Morning Sun starring Edie Falco and the American premiere of Anchuli Felicia King’s Golden Shield.
Mtc artistic director Lynne Meadow said, “With hopes high that we will be able to return to live theatre, we have created a season of diverse and exciting Broadway and Off Broadway premieres and we are honored to be working with the very best of New York’s brilliant artistic community.”
Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues, to be performed and directed by the playwright with original music by Bill Sims Jr.,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bleecker Street will release Save Yourselves! in theaters nationwide on October 2nd, 2020 and on digital October 6th, 2020. Written & Directed by Alex H. Fischer & Eleanor Wilson Starring Sunita Mani, John Reynolds, Ben Sinclair, John Early, Jo Firestone, Gary Richardson, Johanna Day, Zenobia Shroff, Amy Sedaris Jack (John Reynolds) and Su (Sunita Mani) are a …
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- 9/27/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Save Yourselves!, a Bleecker Street comedy sci-fi film in which pouffes invade and seek to destroy Earth, hits theaters this fall. Written and directed by Alex H. Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, the Sundance-featured rom-com focuses on a millennial couple portrayed by John Reynolds and Sunita Mani, who head to a cabin in a bid to unplug, but instead find themselves in the midst of an invasion.
What is a pouffe? Per the trailer, they look kind of cute and unobtrusive as the couple Jack (Reynolds) and Su (Mani) observe one in their cabin.
What is a pouffe? Per the trailer, they look kind of cute and unobtrusive as the couple Jack (Reynolds) and Su (Mani) observe one in their cabin.
- 9/23/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
In the first trailer for “Save Yourselves!,” a comedy sci-fi that was a Sundance darling, a young millennial couple decides to unplug from their phones and travel to a cabin upstate — only for them to be blissfully unaware when aliens invade and quickly destroy civilization.
“Save Yourselves!” stars John Reynolds and Sunita Mani as the clueless couple now working to survive the alien invasion, not to mention figure out how to even function without the help of their smartphones.
“We don’t have any skills,” Mani says in the trailer. “I’ve been wanting to Google ‘How to build a trap to catch a rabbit’ so bad,” Reynolds replies.
The good news is that the aliens in “Save Yourselves!” are all adorable little colored poof balls that look like fluffy pillows or decorations, and the couple will figure out how to survive with or without WiFi and cell reception.
“Save Yourselves!...
“Save Yourselves!” stars John Reynolds and Sunita Mani as the clueless couple now working to survive the alien invasion, not to mention figure out how to even function without the help of their smartphones.
“We don’t have any skills,” Mani says in the trailer. “I’ve been wanting to Google ‘How to build a trap to catch a rabbit’ so bad,” Reynolds replies.
The good news is that the aliens in “Save Yourselves!” are all adorable little colored poof balls that look like fluffy pillows or decorations, and the couple will figure out how to survive with or without WiFi and cell reception.
“Save Yourselves!...
- 9/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow Artistic Director and Barry Grove Executive Producer Daryl Roth and Cody Lassen in association with Vineyard Theatre have announced the full company for the Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive - written by Paula Vogel, directed by Mark Brokaw. Tony Award nominee Johanna Day, Alyssa May Gold, and Chris Myers join previously announced stars Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse.
- 2/14/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysU.S. Dramatic COMPETITIONThe 40-Year-Old Version (Radha Blank, USA): A down-on-her-luck New York playwright decides to reinvent herself and salvage her artistic voice the only way she knows how: by becoming a rapper at age 40. Cast: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Reed Birney, Imani Lewis, T.J. Atoms. World PremiereBLAST Beat (Esteban Arango, USA): After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America. Cast: Moises Arias, Mateo Arias, Daniel Dae Kim, Kali Uchis, Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama. World PremiereCharm City Kings (Angel Manuel Soto, USA): Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and...
- 12/5/2019
- MUBI
Tony Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Denis O'Hare will star in Eric Rosen's film Netuser, about Peter Sardovski, an activist whose life unravels when a nightmare about political violence turns true. Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominee Claybourne Elder plays his husband who struggles to prevent Peter's compulsion from endangering their young son. Two time Tony Award nominee Johanna Day will play his sister-in-law, a NYPD detective who struggles to shield her brother's family from danger. The film also features Tatiana Wechsler as Peter's editor Jenny.
- 9/9/2019
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time in the 2018-2019 Broadway season, and announced the first round of Tony Awards eligibility rulings. Seven productions were discussed at this meeting: “The Boys in the Band,” “Straight White Men,” “Head Over Heels,” “Gettin’ the Band Back Together,” “Pretty Woman,” “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” and “The Nap.”
The Tonys committee made the following determinations:
“The Boys in the Band” will be considered a revival per the “classic” rule and eligible for Best Play Revival.
Jim Parsons will be eligible for Lead Actor in a Play for “The Boys in the Band.”
Julian Crouch (scenic designer) and Andrew Lazarow (projection designer) will be considered jointly eligible for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for “Head Over Heels.”
Mitchell Jarvis will be eligible for Lead Actor in a Musical for “Gettin’ the Band Back Together.”
Samantha Barks and Andy Karl will be eligible for...
The Tonys committee made the following determinations:
“The Boys in the Band” will be considered a revival per the “classic” rule and eligible for Best Play Revival.
Jim Parsons will be eligible for Lead Actor in a Play for “The Boys in the Band.”
Julian Crouch (scenic designer) and Andrew Lazarow (projection designer) will be considered jointly eligible for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for “Head Over Heels.”
Mitchell Jarvis will be eligible for Lead Actor in a Musical for “Gettin’ the Band Back Together.”
Samantha Barks and Andy Karl will be eligible for...
- 10/22/2018
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
A new Broadway season is gearing up, and there are currently nine productions of plays set to open this fall. Could we be seeing any of them contend at next year’s Tony Awards? Below, we recap the plot of each play as well as the awards history of its author, cast and creative types and the opening and (where applicable) closing dates.
“Bernhardt/Hamlet” (opens September 25; closes November 18)
In this world premiere play by two-time Emmy nominee Theresa Rebeck, international stage actress, Sarah Bernhardt, sets out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet.
The production presented by Roundabout Theatre Company stars Tony winner Janet McTeer, Tony nominee Dylan Baker, two-time Drama Desk nominee Jason Butler Harner, Ito Aghayere, Matthew Saldivar, Drama Desk nominee Nick Westrate, Tony Carlin, and is directed by Tony nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
“The Nap” (opens September 27; closes November 11)
In the Broadway premiere of this new play by Richard Bean,...
“Bernhardt/Hamlet” (opens September 25; closes November 18)
In this world premiere play by two-time Emmy nominee Theresa Rebeck, international stage actress, Sarah Bernhardt, sets out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet.
The production presented by Roundabout Theatre Company stars Tony winner Janet McTeer, Tony nominee Dylan Baker, two-time Drama Desk nominee Jason Butler Harner, Ito Aghayere, Matthew Saldivar, Drama Desk nominee Nick Westrate, Tony Carlin, and is directed by Tony nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
“The Nap” (opens September 27; closes November 11)
In the Broadway premiere of this new play by Richard Bean,...
- 9/28/2018
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
The Nap, Broadway’s latest laugh from London, tries to fool us and sometimes does, though not in ways playwright Richard Bean might have intended. Teased with the appealing prospect of an evening of Martin McDonagh-lite, we’re quickly handed a cartoon con job.
No offense to Snooker fans here, there or anywhere, but a comedy built around the game’s intricacies and milieu is bound to lose some bite when rules need more set-up than jokes.
Well-reviewed in London, and with real possibility promised by a good cast, a strong director in Daniel Sullivan and a playwright with an earlier stateside gem, The Nap begins to disappoint fast.
So, some exposition of my own. Snooker is a billiards-like game, nap is the fuzzy surface of the table and the British apparently love...
No offense to Snooker fans here, there or anywhere, but a comedy built around the game’s intricacies and milieu is bound to lose some bite when rules need more set-up than jokes.
Well-reviewed in London, and with real possibility promised by a good cast, a strong director in Daniel Sullivan and a playwright with an earlier stateside gem, The Nap begins to disappoint fast.
So, some exposition of my own. Snooker is a billiards-like game, nap is the fuzzy surface of the table and the British apparently love...
- 9/28/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The New Group celebrated Opening Night of Lily Thorne's Peace for Mary Frances last night, with Heather Burns, Johanna Day, Natalie Gold, Mia Katigbak, Paul Lazar, Brian Miskell, Melle Powers, Lois Smith and J. Smith-Cameron, in a world premiere production directed by Lila Neugebauer. A limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through June 17 at The Pershing Square Signature Center The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street.
- 5/24/2018
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
We're so excited to kick off our Tony week by getting Broadwaysted with Johanna Day, the Tony-nominated star of Sweat We're all pouring out...water pace yourselves for Tony week, kids while Johanna gushes about her experience in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play...and why she's a Pulitzer Prize Good Luck Charm We discuss seeing plays adapted into films, Johanna's incredible career Tony nominee for Proof, the all-star cast of You Can't Take It With You, the game-changing August Osage County...I mean, come on, and how the acting process evolves over time.
- 6/7/2017
- by Broadwaysted
- BroadwayWorld.com
This week the 2017 New York Emmy Award-winning interviewdiscussion series Theater Talk focuses on Broadway's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Sweat. Theater Talk co-hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel of the New York Post welcome guests including Sweat's Tony Award-nominated playwright Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey, along with two of the play's supporting actors, Johanna Day 'Tracey' and Michelle Wilson 'Cynthia', who are also both nominated for Tony Awards.
- 5/31/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Each season of Broadway brings about a slate of unexpected performances and plenty of unforgettable moments. While the 2016-2017 season didn’t see any new show rise to Hamilton-like popularity -- it’s hard for any TV show, film or stage production to reach that level of pop culture zeitgeist -- there are plenty of standout showcases of what fans have come to know and love about the New York City theater scene.
Perhaps the biggest breakout of the season is Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, the musical adaptation of a section from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace that earned 12 Tony Award nominations, including nods for Best Musical as well as for its cast (Josh Groban, UnREAL breakout Denée Benton and Lucas Steele). “I always dreamed of playing roles like Natasha,” says Benton, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, who plays the titular hopelessly romantic ingénue.
It certainly is the only show to exhibit...
Perhaps the biggest breakout of the season is Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, the musical adaptation of a section from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace that earned 12 Tony Award nominations, including nods for Best Musical as well as for its cast (Josh Groban, UnREAL breakout Denée Benton and Lucas Steele). “I always dreamed of playing roles like Natasha,” says Benton, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, who plays the titular hopelessly romantic ingénue.
It certainly is the only show to exhibit...
- 5/31/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
"I just thought, I'm a nobody. I did not expect to be nominated,” Michelle Wilson tells Et.
The actress -- up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in Sweat -- never thought her name would be read aloud when the roster of 2017 nominees was announced the morning of May 2. “It was a total and complete surprise, but it was awesome,” the actress exclaims. "I woke up at 8 and quickly fell back asleep, thinking I will press snooze.”
Tonys 2017: The Standout Performances on Broadway
The first person she called after getting multiple text messages with the news was her Sweat co-star Johanna Day, who’s also nominated in the same category with her, along with Cynthia Nixon (The Little Foxes), Jayne Houdyshell (A Doll’s House Part 2) and Condola Rashad (A Doll’s House Part 2). "Being nominated with Johanna Day feels like, 'Oh they got...
The actress -- up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in Sweat -- never thought her name would be read aloud when the roster of 2017 nominees was announced the morning of May 2. “It was a total and complete surprise, but it was awesome,” the actress exclaims. "I woke up at 8 and quickly fell back asleep, thinking I will press snooze.”
Tonys 2017: The Standout Performances on Broadway
The first person she called after getting multiple text messages with the news was her Sweat co-star Johanna Day, who’s also nominated in the same category with her, along with Cynthia Nixon (The Little Foxes), Jayne Houdyshell (A Doll’s House Part 2) and Condola Rashad (A Doll’s House Part 2). "Being nominated with Johanna Day feels like, 'Oh they got...
- 5/31/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
While Hamilton dominated Broadway theater in 2016, this year's Tony nominations are more evenly distributed.
The 71st annual Tony Awards nominations were unveiled on Tuesday morning live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Announced by Jane Krakowski and Hamilton alum Christopher Jackson, the honorees were led by Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 with 12 nominations, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actor for Josh Groban's role in the War and Peace-inspired story.
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Dear Evan Hansen landed nine nominations, two of which were for Best Musical and Best Leading Actor (Ben Platt of Pitch Perfect). The stage adaptation of Groundhog Day and the 9/11 musical, Come From Away, rounded out the Best Musical noms.
Bette Midler also scored a Best Leading Actress nomination for her performance in Hello, Dolly! -- her...
The 71st annual Tony Awards nominations were unveiled on Tuesday morning live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Announced by Jane Krakowski and Hamilton alum Christopher Jackson, the honorees were led by Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 with 12 nominations, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actor for Josh Groban's role in the War and Peace-inspired story.
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Dear Evan Hansen landed nine nominations, two of which were for Best Musical and Best Leading Actor (Ben Platt of Pitch Perfect). The stage adaptation of Groundhog Day and the 9/11 musical, Come From Away, rounded out the Best Musical noms.
Bette Midler also scored a Best Leading Actress nomination for her performance in Hello, Dolly! -- her...
- 5/2/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Nyt Amanda Peet on why she doesn't read reviews
Variety Ron Howard to produce and direct much discussed political book Hillbilly Elegy. A very odd fit if you ask us, since Howard is skilled at broad-stroked popcorn pictures, not nuanced thematic drama
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Shadowplay looks back at Joan Crawford in Torch Song with some notes on Feud
Interview Mag talks to Pilou Asbaek (A War, Ghost in the Shell)
Mnpp John Waters still making trouble onscreen and in print
Theater Mania Provincetown's got an amazing lineup of concerts this summer including Sutton Foster and Megan Hilty
Coming Soon Some Scarlet Witch action from the Avengers: Infinity War set. It's always amusing to see how strange these things look before visual fx
i09 reviews the direct to video animated feature Teen Titans: Judas Contract, based on the classic...
Variety Ron Howard to produce and direct much discussed political book Hillbilly Elegy. A very odd fit if you ask us, since Howard is skilled at broad-stroked popcorn pictures, not nuanced thematic drama
Nyt Radley Metzger, erotic cinema pioneer (The Lickerish Quartet, Score) has died at 88
Shadowplay looks back at Joan Crawford in Torch Song with some notes on Feud
Interview Mag talks to Pilou Asbaek (A War, Ghost in the Shell)
Mnpp John Waters still making trouble onscreen and in print
Theater Mania Provincetown's got an amazing lineup of concerts this summer including Sutton Foster and Megan Hilty
Coming Soon Some Scarlet Witch action from the Avengers: Infinity War set. It's always amusing to see how strange these things look before visual fx
i09 reviews the direct to video animated feature Teen Titans: Judas Contract, based on the classic...
- 4/11/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Quick Silver Theater Company and Classics in Color A Theatre Company's co-production of Proof featuresBroadway veteran Count Stovall asRobert. Lolita Foster, Orange Is the New Black, will play Catherine. Nafeesa Monroe, co-producer of Proof, will play Claire. Alejandro Rodriguez, core company member of Qst, will play Hal. Johanna Day -- Obie winner and Tony nominated for role in Broadway's Proof -- will make her directorial debut with this production.
- 9/2/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Casting is now complete for Quick Silver Theater Company and Classics in Color's co-production of Proof. Broadway veteran Count Stovall will play Robert. Lolita Foster, Orange Is the New Black, will play Catherine. Nafeesa Monroe, co-producer of Proof, will play Claire. Alejandro Rodriguez, core company member of Qst, will play Hal. Johanna Day --Obie winner and Tony nominated for role in Broadway's Proof -- will make her directorial debut with this production.
- 8/26/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers of the upcoming Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play You Can't Take It With You announce more cast members for the production which begins rehearsals on Monday, July 21st. The cast will include Will Brill Act One as Ed Carmichael, Fran Kranz Death of a Salesman as Tony Kirby, Johanna Day August Osage County as Mrs. Kirby, Nick Corley The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Austin Durant War Horse and Joe Tapper Witnessed By The World, 59 E 59 as the three G-Men as well as Barrett Doss, Ned Noyes, Pippa Pearthree as understudies. The complete and final cast list will be announced next week.
- 7/18/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Vineyard Theatre will present a one-night-only reading of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize- winning play How I Learned To Drive tonight, Monday, July 1st at 800 Pm. Reuniting for the first time since its celebrated premiere at The Vineyard in 1997 will be the original company Mary-Louise Parker as 'L'il Bit,' David Morse as 'Uncle Peck,' Johanna Day, Kerry O'Malley and Justin Hagan. The reading, staged by the production's original director, Mark Brokaw, will take place at The Vineyard Theatre, located at 108 E. 15 Street.
- 6/28/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Playhouse Productions present the world premiere of Misery at Bucks County Playhouse. Tony Award nominee JohAnna Day Proof, August Osage County stars as writer Paul Sheldons number-one fan, Annie Wilkes alongside Daniel Gerroll Enchanted April, High Society as Paul Sheldon and James Demarse The Orphans Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate as Buster. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
- 11/25/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Playhouse Productions announced today complete casting for the world premiere of Misery at Bucks County Playhouse 70 South Main Street, New Hope Pa. Tony Award nominee Johanna Day Proof, August Osage County will star as writer Paul Sheldons number-one fan, Annie Wilkes alongside Daniel Gerroll Enchanted April, High Society as Paul Sheldon and James DeMarse The Orphans Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate as Buster.
- 10/22/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ben Schwartz House of Lies, Parks and Recreation Linus Roache Batman Begins, Priest, Johanna Day Tony nominee for Proof and Pete Simpson Blue Man Group all descended on Silence The Musical on May 31st to catch leading man David Garrisons last performance prior to his vacation. Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley is currently filling in as Dr. Hannibal Lecter through June 24th.
- 6/13/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
What was supposed to be a fake slap became a real smack last weekend at the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "God of Carnage." Thirty minutes before the end of the Jan. 14 matinee, Tony-Award-nominee Johanna Day, who plays Veronica, broke her hand when slapping cast member Stephen Bogardus during a scene. He was not injured. A fight director had choreographed the scene, but a Huntington representative told Playbill.com, "Something simply went amiss this time around."Day finished the performance and then went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a broken bone in her hand. The Jan. 14 evening performance was cancelled, and the production resumed shows the next day with revised fight choreography. Huntington's "God of Carnage" is scheduled to run through Feb. 6. .
- 1/17/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Frank Nestor)
- backstage.com
Five-time Emmy Award-winner John Larroquette will make a stage appearance this spring, joining Johanna Day, Monica Raymund, and Michael Zegen in the cast of Elizabeth Meriwether's new play Oliver Parker!, in its world-premiere by the Off-Broadway theatre company the stageFARM, with previews starting May 9 prior to its official opening night May 17 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St.) in Manhattan.
- 4/21/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today's Video of the Week is Channing Tatum's 2007 movie 'The Trap'. The film was created for the 2007 Glamour Reel Moments short film series, was directed by Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson, and stars Jeanne Tripplehorn, Aisha Tyler, Camilla Belle, Gia Carides, Johanna Day, and Greg Butler.
It tells the story of a middle-aged woman named Maggie (played by Jeanne Tripplehorn) stuck in a rut and afraid to take risks, until one day, she does. Maggie’s journey of self-discovery begins with a shaky start when she pulls up to an address in a seedy part of town. But after an unforgettable night of opening up to unexpected possibilities, her life will never be the same again.
Ironically, the DVD for this movie released via Clinique makeup counters when I visited Chan on the New York set of his film 'Fighting'. He hadn't seen it yet,...
It tells the story of a middle-aged woman named Maggie (played by Jeanne Tripplehorn) stuck in a rut and afraid to take risks, until one day, she does. Maggie’s journey of self-discovery begins with a shaky start when she pulls up to an address in a seedy part of town. But after an unforgettable night of opening up to unexpected possibilities, her life will never be the same again.
Ironically, the DVD for this movie released via Clinique makeup counters when I visited Chan on the New York set of his film 'Fighting'. He hadn't seen it yet,...
- 12/1/2009
- by Blog Expert
- Channing Tatum Unwrapped
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